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E. M. HILL.

APPAREL PROTECTOR. APPLICATION up FEB, 1. I913.

Patented Aug. 15, 1916.

EDITH M. HILL, OF DENVER, COLORADO.

APPAREL-PROTECTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Au 115, 1916 3..

Application filed February 1, 1913. Serial No. 745,532.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDITH M. HILL, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city and county of Denver and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparel-Protectors; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompany ing drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in protectors for articles of wearing apparel, linen in particular, and has for one of its objects to provide a protector of this class which shall entirely envelop the exposed edge of the article of apparel or that edge which is most subject to being soiled.

Another object ofthe invention is to provide resilient means for holding the protector in place underneath the sleeve or collar or other article to be protected.

Still another object of the invention is to make such resilient means readily removable when it is desired to wash the protector.

Other objects will appear hereinafter as I proceed with the description of that embodiment of the invention, which, for the purposes of the present application I have illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a. view partly broken away illustrating the first step in placing my improved sleeve protector in operative position. Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1, showing the protector in operative position. Fig. 8 is a detail perspective of one extremity of the sleeve protector. Fig. 4 is a perspective view illustrating the first step in putting my improved collar protector in place. Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 1, showing the collar protector in its operative position. Fig. 6 is a detail View of the collar protector.

Similar reference numerals refer to like parts throughout the views.

In the drawing 1 have illustrated two embodiments of the invention although it should be understood that with slight modification it may be used to protect the ex posed edge of any tubular or cylindrical article of wearing apparel and that there'- fore do not desire to limit myself to the precise forms illustrated. in Figs. 1, 2 and {3 I have shown a sleeve protector 5 embodying my invention, the protector being composed of a single piece of cloth the side edges of which are sewed together at 6 and one end of which is turned over and sewed to form a hollow band 7 having two openings 8 through which may be slid a resilient element 9 of spring metal, whalebone or the like. The element 9 is made removable in order that the protector may be laundered. The opposite end edge 10 of the sleeve protector is finished in any suitable manner.

In adjusting the sleeve protector it is placed wrong side out, that is, with the seam 6 exposed, over the hand and with the other hand the resilient member 9 is pressed together and pushed up underneath the sleeve of the garment, as illustrated in Fig. 1. The body of the protector 5 is then turned backwardly and pulled up outside of the sleeve 12 into the position shown in Fig. 2. The upper end of the protector may then be secured to the sleeve 12 in any manner desired.

The illustration in Figs. 4, 5 and 6 shows my invention as applied to the protection of collars. in this form it consists of a por tion 13 similar in shape to the collar to be protected, a hollow band 1 1 provided with holes 15 and a resilient member-16 similar to the like parts in Figs. 1, 2 and 3. To the ends of the protector I attach ribbons or cords 17 by means of which the protector is to be tied in front when in position upon the collar.

In adjusting the collar protector, the band 14; is first pushed down between the collar 18 and the neck of the wearer as indicated in Fig. dafter which the portion 13 is folded down and the strips 17 tied together when the protector is in place as shown in Fig. 5.

I claim as my invention:

A fabric apparel protector comprising a band adapted to be inserted within an article of apparel, said article being of approximately tubular form, and said band having two openings therein, a spring uni form in width throughout its length and of substantially the same length as the band and adapted to have its portions inserted in said openings in such a manner that the entire spring, except a small. portion thereof, will be entirely inclosed by the band, whereby the spring will press outwardly against the In testimony whereof I affix my signainner Wall of said tubular article of apture in presence of twowitnesses.

parel, and also be readily removable there- EDITH M HILL from, said protector having a portion of comparatively large diameter adapted to be folded back over the outside of the tubular article, substantially as described.

Witnesses:

A. J. OBRIEN, ANNA L. LEI-IMAN.

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